At the time of the arrest, the suspect was carrying a plastic bag containing Zorin's severed head, [police spokesman Viktor] Maximov said.

Lest Infocult readers think this is an exceptional event, rest assured that the Moscow crime scene has been perfecting the technique:

Plumbing clogged with human flesh has led to arrests in at least one other case in recent years.

In June 2004, police were called to an apartment in southwest Moscow after a plumber discovered what appeared to be human flesh clogging the building's pipes, causing the toilet, sink and bathtub to overflow in an apartment on the 11th floor.

Police searched the residences directly above the apartment that was flooded with bloody water and discovered two men with blood on their hands in an apartment on the 13th floor.